Difference between Airfield / Airstrip Etc.
Hi All
Someone has asked what is the difference or definition between an Airfield, Airport , Airstrip, Aerodrome. Regards Martin |
Airfield. I always think of as a place with a hard runway.
Airport.Large commercial site. Airstrip, my favorite, grass. Aerodrome,old fashioned, so I don't use. No doubt others will have their opinion. :D |
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Difference between Airfield / Airstrip Etc
Hi All
The following was posted on another forum. Has he missed anything out. Regards Martin From: [email protected] Reply-to: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent from the Internet (Details) Hi Everyone, The list below is my own interpretation of the verious aviation sites around the UK and Ireland. When you spot the ommisions and the errors, I would be oblidged if you please let me know. As will be obvious, I hav'ent seen official lists of any discription, or for that matter looked for them. AERODROME Description used, probably since before the First World War, to describe a location set aside primarily for the use of aeroplanes. In everyday use until 1942, when Winston Churchill decreed that henceforth all "Aerodromes" will be re-titled "Airfield" following the US entry into the European war. Some publications still use the term "Aerodrome". Why I dont know, as there is little hope of bringing the title back into general use. AIRPORT Civil passenger and freight operations. Most airports allow general aviation activity and some also support military bases. AIRFIELD Since 1942, the title "Airfield" can discribe any site from a large military aviation base, right down to a private site with a single hard runway, with one hanger and training facilities, for which they have to be licenced AIRSTRIP Usually, private grass strip/s, from which one or more fixed wing aircraft operate. Hanger/s, but no training allowed. MICROLIGHT AIRSTRIP Similar to airstrip, but generally with a shorter landing/ take-off grass areas for microlights, some are not suitable for standard fixed wing aircraft. Also some are licenced for training. LANDING GROUND Military version of the "AIRSTRIP" TEMPORARY LANDING GROUND As the title states a temporary version of the military landing ground. EMERGENCY LANDING GROUND Basically, a military landing ground, startegically positioned so as to receive aircraft in distress, and as a location to land at, when the home base is not available, for any reason. BEACH STRIP This term is used for ANY aviation activity on sand. HANG-GLIDER / PARAGLIDER SITE Self explanatory. HEILPORT Civil passenger and freight operations. HELIPAD This title covers many private sites, from those with dedicated hard landing areas and marked with a H, to the open grass area, with no markings, but with multiple helicopter activity. HELISTOP Title was used for the landing site at NORTH WALL, Dublin, (equated to the bus-stop!!). I thought It would be a more appropriate for the sites that would see just one or two visitors, and sometimes never used again. HELIBASE This is my definition of all military helicopter landing sites, large and small. Title used to show that it is a military site only and does not reflect its size. MARINE Nearly always followed by the term "Aerodrome". Area of water based aviation. All private, civilian and military water based aviation activity is normally shown as "MARINE", and may be on a canal, river, lough/loch/lake or on the sea. BALLOON BASE Home location of the balloon, and probably not a launch site. BALLOON LAUNCH SITE Self explanatory. FREE FALL PARACHUTE DROP ZONE (FFPZone) Special landing area used by parachutists. can be located on or off- airfield. But oddly enough, does not give parachutist's the right of way within the zone. GLIDER- FIELD/ -AIRSTRIP/-SITE Location of glider activity. Some sites operate powered aircraft as tugs. And most would be licenced for training. AIRSHIP PATROL STATION First World War military airships site. KITE BALLOON STATION First World War kite balloons were inflated at these sites, and transferred to military warships, attached to the ship by a winch system and used as lookout points from high above the deck. AIRSHIP MOORING-OUT STATION First World War site used for the holding of airships away from their base stations. DECOY SITES Second World War sites constructed in open country in order to resemble nearby airfields and to attract enemy action away from the real sites. STARFISH SITES Set up in remote areas in order to convince enemy night bomber crews that they were attacking built-up or other stategic locations, used during Second World War. Regards, Hugo Wilhare. |
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